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Mental health and growing up after losing a loved one to a brain tumour – Guest post by Ed Ryan
Ed, one of our Young Ambassadors, explains how losing his mum following her brain tumour diagnosis affected his mental health.
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The mental health effects of caring for someone who has a brain tumour – Guest post by Francesca Silverton
Francesca, one of our Young Ambassadors, explains how her mental health was affected after becoming a carer for her boyfriend when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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Government funding for research into brain tumours
What happened to the £40m of Government funding that was committed to research into brain tumours in 2018?
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To our 2024 Machu Picchu team – thank you!
Find out how our 2024 Machu Picchu team got on, and how their fundraising will improve the lives of everyone affected by brain tumours.
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Red Herring – an emotive, humorous award-winning documentary.
Meet Kit Vincent who created the film Red Herring. In turning the cameras on himself and his loved ones, Kit processes his own brain tumour diagnosis. The film is being screened at selected cinemas from 3 May and is also available for streaming at home.
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Wickes’ partnership one-year anniversary with The Brain Tumour Charity passes the £1,000,000 mark
Wickes and The Brain Tumour Charity celebrate this incredible landmark sum after collaborating on a series of fundraising missions across its 230 stores and digital channels as part of a two-year partnership
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Artist raising funds after losing both brother and husband to brain tumours
Nicola Durrant, from Oxfordshire, will raise funds at her Open Studios event in May – after losing brother Stephen, and husband David, to the same brain tumour type, ten years apart.
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BRAF mutations in childhood brain tumours
Research that we funded nearly 20 years ago laid the foundations for last week’s approval of dabrafenib and trametinib to treat childhood gliomas.
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Cross-party support for a National Brain Tumour Strategy as we hand in our open letter to the government!
More than 52,000 of you joined our call for a National Brain Tumour Strategy and now Parliamentarians across the political spectrum have added their support.
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Spotlight on our London Marathon 2024 Runners
Meet some of the intrepid people running this year’s London Marathon in support of The Brain Tumour Charity.
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What’s next for our No Brainer campaign?
Our open letter to the Government calling for a National Brain Tumour Strategy has been a huge success – but we’re not slowing down yet!
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CAR-T cell therapy in brain tumour treatment
CAR-T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that may be promising for treating brain tumours. There is lots of research in this field across the globe and it may one day be used more widely to treat this devastating disease.
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Why we need a National Brain Tumour Strategy: Simon and Ella’s story
Meet Simon and Ella and learn about why Ella believes a National Brain Tumour Strategy is a No Brainer!
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Remembering the wonderful Tom Parker
We pay tribute to The Wanted’s legendary singer, this Brain Tumour Awareness Month
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You took strides to change lives – thank you!
The Twilight Walk London was a roaring success thanks to the passionate brain tumour community who united to raise an incredible £338k so far.
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Campaigning for a National Brain Tumour Strategy across three of the devolved nations
This Brain Tumour Awareness Month we held three events in the parliaments of Scotland, Wales and Westminster. Highlighting our new It’s a No Brainer campaign and enabling volunteers to share their experiences with policymakers.
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Two family charities fund £400,000 towards paediatric research in memory of their sons
The Brain Tumour Charity are delighted to announce a new partnership with two Family Led Charities that share the same aims of improving outcomes for children diagnosed with high grade brain tumours
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Our open letter reaches 40,000 signatures in less than four weeks!
Our open letter now has 40,000 signatures. But we’re not done yet! There’s still time to sign it before we close the open letter on 15 April.
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The ARISTOCRAT clinical trial – perspective from a patient advocate
Peter Buckle is a patient advocate and has worked with several teams, including the ARISTOCRAT team to champion research and clinical trials.
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“It changes everything” – the impact of living with a lower-grade glioma
Living with a lower-grade glioma has a profound impact on those diagnosed, and their families. This is well documented anecdotally but needs to be scientifically addressed so that everyone affected by a brain tumour diagnosis gets the help and support they need.
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Amazing Alan hopes to hit £100k target with Boston Marathon run
Alan Johnstone, who lost his wife Anneka to a brain tumour, is representing The Charity in the Boston Marathon on 15 April.
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Amy Nuttall to perform ‘Thank You Mother’ at the Smiley Charity Film Awards
Our High Profile Supporter actress Amy Nuttall, who is most recently known for her appearance in Mr Bates vs The Post Office and well-known for her role in critically acclaimed hit television series, Downton Abbey, has released a new track ‘Thank You Mother’
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Emily Oliver’s Fighting Fund donates towards pioneering DIPG research
Donations made in memory of Emily, who died from the most aggressive form of childhood cancer, will fund research aimed at improving survival rates for the disease.
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You could be one of these charity raffle winners!
The Brain Tumour Charity’s Win Big Raffle ends on 22 March! Here we discuss how you could spend your winnings and we meet some past winners, learning more about their stories.